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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2019
Express Imaging Systems, Llc, Renton, WA (US);
William G. Reed, Seattle, WA (US);
EXPRESS IMAGING SYSTEMS, LLC, Renton, WA (US);
Abstract
A shorting cap apparatus is provided for enabling remote application of power, by an external system, to a load connected to the shorting cap apparatus while protecting components of the external system from potential damage due to high inrush current to the load. The shorting cap apparatus comprises a housing, a connector, and inrush current protection circuitry. The connector of the shorting cap apparatus may be connected to a corresponding connector associated with the load. Once the external system applies power, the protection circuitry provides a time delay to allow the load to sufficiently charge via a first set of resistors of the protection circuitry over a period of time before a set of switches of the protection circuitry are transitioned to a conducting state.